Recaps

Jiang Yantian humiliated Ye Feng, manipulated Luo Xingcai, and secretly killed Hua Jiao while guiding events toward the Spirit-Imprisoning Forbidden Land. After the group entered its inner realm, he separated Ye Feng with an illusion and sent him toward a trapped treasure, where Ye Feng began breaking the restriction to gain power for revenge.

• Jiang Yantian framed Ye Feng, had him castrated, and repeatedly forced him to endure public humiliation while Ye Feng resolved to grow stronger and seek revenge.
• Jiang Yantian and Luo Xingcai fought after she defended Ye Feng, then Luo Xingcai found Jiang Yantian’s poem and red beans and kept them as he later spun a story about his beloved.
• Jiang Yantian and Luo Xingcai led the sect expedition to the Spirit-Imprisoning Forbidden Land, where Jiang Yantian secretly collected treasures and planted Spirit Fox Monkey dung and a false message to mislead Ye Feng.
• Jiang Yantian devoured Hua Jiao’s soul, but Luo Xingcai believed his denial when Ye Feng accused him, leaving Ye Feng to endure Jiang Yantian’s pressure and seek strength.
• Jiang Yantian killed Ao Kun and another Heavenly Saber Sect elder, then entered the Forbidden Land with Luo Xingcai and the sect group as the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts attacked.
• Jiang Yantian gave Luo Xingcai his portrait, then used an illusion to separate Ye Feng from the others and followed him toward the hidden treasures.
• Elder Long guided Ye Feng to a restriction inside a lightning-struck tree hollow, and Ye Feng began breaking its runes, determined to use the treasure against Jiang Yantian.

Jiang Yantian gathered treasures and power in the Forbidden Ground while Ye Feng’s accusations turned the sect against him. After surviving political threats and provoking Ye Feng’s downfall, Jiang Yantian drew closer to Luo Xingcai and confessed his love, leaving his plans for the Blazing Yang Royal Court unresolved.

• Ye Feng found depleted treasures and a mocking message in the Forbidden Ground, while Jiang Yantian secretly collected the water columns and cheap items he had hidden at the sites.
• Jiang Yantian killed the Veiled Gloom Sect elder and trapped Ye Feng as the Forbidden Ground closed, but later rescued him and let the other disciples condemn Ye Feng’s accusations.
• Jiang Yantian left a shadow to guard Ye Feng, then secretly returned to devour the Forbidden Ground’s dead spirits and evil energies, advancing to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Ye Feng accused Jiang Yantian before the sect, but the disciples defended him, and Luo Xingcai expelled Ye Feng from Azure Mist Peak before Hua Youque accepted him into the Pill Lineage.
• Jiang Yantian publicly whipped Ye Feng and drew Liu Mengjie to his side, while Hua Youque and Ye Feng discussed waiting for Jiang Yantian’s tribulation before striking.
• At the elders’ meeting, Jiang Yantian made Hua Youque and Yin Daoyan agree to pay him over the Heavenly Saber Sect’s threats, then left to face the sect himself.
• Jiang Yantian stopped Ye Feng’s attack on Qi Hui and had the Law Enforcement Squad arrest them both, then persuaded Hua Youque to let Ye Feng be punished.
• Jiang Yantian shared dinner and his childhood story with Luo Xingcai, confessed that he had always loved her, and considered accepting a quest to overthrow the Blazing Yang Royal Court when he found a suitable puppet.

Jiang Yantian takes Ao Yun as his disciple and intervenes in the Heavenly Saber Sect’s attempt to marry Ao Xue to Shan Shengxu. He defeats Qin Xuan and Prince Teng Pavilion, installs Ao Yun as sect master, and leaves with Ao Xue for the Canglan Sea.

• Jiang Yantian and Luo Xingcai became Dao companions, and he gave her three powerful ice techniques.
• Ye Feng discovered that Jiang Yantian had replaced his supposed treasures with fakes, broke out of custody, and died by his own hand after challenging Jiang Yantian.
• Jiang Yantian devoured Ye Feng, Elder Long, and the Heavenly Dao Qi, then accepted Ao Yun as his disciple and promised to help him become sect master.
• Jiang Yantian reconciled with Luo Xingcai, strengthened her cultivation and weapons, and left alone to attend the Heavenly Saber Sect’s wedding feast.
• Jiang Yantian met Ao Xue in her bridal chamber and promised to steal her away, then interrupted her wedding to Shan Shengxu and waited for Qin Xuan’s arrival.
• Qin Xuan arrived with Prince Teng Pavilion and declared that he would take Ao Xue, but Jiang Yantian defeated Elder Hong, captured his soul, and routed the attackers.
• Jiang Yantian claimed Ao Xue, arranged for her maid Xiao Xia to marry Shan Shengxu, and forced Ao Xiong to yield the sect leadership to Ao Yun.
• Jiang Yantian erased Ao Quan’s memories, left Ao Yun to manage the sect, and departed with Ao Xue, who joined him at the Canglan Sea.

Jiang Yantian thwarted Qin Xuan’s opportunity at the Dragon Transformation Heavenly Pool, manipulated his rivals, and formed a blood pact with Qiu Luo. He returned to ruined Qishui City with Tantai Yue and began shaping Zou Tu into a tool for his bid to rule the Nine Provinces.

• Jiang Yantian gave Lu Ming the Heaven-Suppressing Pearl, knowing it would drain his cultivation, then set out to intercept Qin Xuan at the Dragon Transformation Heavenly Pool.
• Jiang Yantian killed Zhang Huowang, disguised himself as a fishing fanatic, and subjected Qin Xuan to brutal body-tempering under the guise of helping him develop his Saber Soul.
• Jiang Yantian returned to the Mysterious Spirit Sect, spoke with Tantai Yue about their shared origins in Qishui City, and continued cultivating his relationships with Luo Xingcai and Liu Mengjie.
• Hua Youque blamed Jiang Yantian for his misfortunes and joined Lu Ming in planning to kill him, while Lu Ming grew increasingly weakened by the Heaven-Suppressing Pearl.
• Jiang Yantian met Qiu Luo, gave her the Heaven-Reaching Nine Clouds Ring, and entered a life-and-death blood pact with her before she returned to her clan.
• Jiang Yantian took Tantai Yue to drought-stricken Qishui City, where he let starving villagers kill one another over food and questioned the survivor Zou Tu.
• Jiang Yantian gave Zou Tu flatbreads and ordered him to return them in five days, then told Tantai Yue he intended to make Zou Tu a puppet who could reach the supreme throne.
• Jiang Yantian showed Tantai Yue his former home and identified a stone carving there as Ultraman Tiga.